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Tickets go on sale for WordCamp Fayetteville 2011
Tickets for the second annual WordCamp Fayetteville event went on sale today. They are available for $30 at http://onlinesignup.org/wordcampfayetteville.
WordCamp Fayetteville is a tech conference scheduled for July 30, 2011 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development on the University of Arkansas campus.
Up to 300 people will spend the day learning about the free, open-source software called WordPress and how to better communicate and do business online.
“Nonprofits, educators, small businesses, online news sites … all of them are using WordPress because of its accessibility and free price tag,” said event organizer Christopher Spencer, publisher of Ozarks Unbound.
“We had 100 people last year from five states. There’s really a demand for skills among those who want to communicate better online. ‘Blog Brighter’ – that’s WordCamp Fayetteville’s mission.”
There are three content tracks that attendees can move between this year. They include: the Blogger track with its emphasis on writing, the Developer tack for those designing for WordPress and the Business track which focuses on making money with the software.
“Many people last year also wanted basic web literacy skills, so we are pointing out when a session focuses on entry-level familiarity with web languages like HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL,” Spencer said.
WordCamps are held throughout the world and are organized on the local level by enthusiasts of WordPress. The philosophy behind the event is that they break even financially and sponsors step up to subsidize a ticket that would otherwise be much more expensive.
A $30 ticket to WordCamp Fayetteville includes a day’s worth of programming, a t-shirt, a swag bag, Saturday lunch, an after party and an informal meet Sunday with presenters called the Guru Gallery.
“You also meet some amazing folks doing awesome things,” Spencer said.
Those tickets will rise in price to $40 in June and $50 in July. So get your tickets early.
WordCamp Fayetteville is generously supported this year by the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission.
For more information, please contact Christopher Spencer at 479.530.4943 or christopher@ozarksunbound.com. Also check out http://wordcampfayetteville.com.
